    function encodeUml(data){
      return encode64(deflate(unescape(encodeURIComponent(data))));
    }
    
    /**************************************/
    /******** THIRD PARTY FUNCTION *******/
    /************************************/
    function encode64(data) {
      r = '';
      for (i = 0; i < data.length; i += 3) {
        if (i + 2 == data.length) {
          r += append3bytes(data.charCodeAt(i), data.charCodeAt(i + 1), 0);
        } else if (i + 1 == data.length) {
          r += append3bytes(data.charCodeAt(i), 0, 0);
        } else {
          r += append3bytes(data.charCodeAt(i), data.charCodeAt(i + 1),
            data.charCodeAt(i + 2));
        }
      }
      return r;
    }

    function append3bytes(b1, b2, b3) {
      c1 = b1 >> 2;
      c2 = ((b1 & 0x3) << 4) | (b2 >> 4);
      c3 = ((b2 & 0xF) << 2) | (b3 >> 6);
      c4 = b3 & 0x3F;
      r = '';
      r += encode6bit(c1 & 0x3F);
      r += encode6bit(c2 & 0x3F);
      r += encode6bit(c3 & 0x3F);
      r += encode6bit(c4 & 0x3F);
      return r;
    }

    function encode6bit(b) {
      if (b < 10) {
        return String.fromCharCode(48 + b);
      }
      b -= 10;
      if (b < 26) {
        return String.fromCharCode(65 + b);
      }
      b -= 26;
      if (b < 26) {
        return String.fromCharCode(97 + b);
      }
      b -= 26;
      if (b == 0) {
        return '-';
      }
      if (b == 1) {
        return '_';
      }
      return '?';
    }